New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-10
TALK ON THE CITY STREETS.
HEARD IN THE DRIFTING CURRENT OF MEN.

SolOnel william l. strong OF the dry goooS To
gton, is above fifty of ago and has heavy full
beard which he parts In the middle. met him COM
Ing up from the Jersey coast, where he has summer
residence the morning after the Fourth Of July, when
the heavy fire In the dry goods region was alluded
to and tho Colonel said 1t has been demonstrated
again for about tho oreth time that there Is not an
adequate supply Of water in the event Of fro In the
dry goods region and that something more than the
present facilities for extlngishing fires there arc re-
Quircd. 1 do not think that the proposed artesian
well scheme would do the business We need moro
water in the Croton Reservoir, and that Is coming
by and by with the aQueduct"
Tho name Of James d. Richmond, Of the broadway
surface railroad, up In group OF gentle
men who were gathered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
tho other night when George o. Jones, tho Greenback
agitator said: al know Rlchmonds father very
well. Ho lives at Little Falls. lilo Is cousin or
second cousin of the laio Dean Richmond and he has
fnancler was remarkable As an'lncdent In the old
gcntleman's career remember that he had quarrel
and dam one day he took an axe, went up to tho
dam. knocked hole in It, and saw Il swept away:
When asked what he meant by destroying the dam no
replied Il want to be tho defendant in the case"
"Dr McGlynn will be the great leader Of the labor
party in politics New-York this fall" said we'll
known and well-posted Democratic politician yestor-
day. "He will not of course, accept nomination
for any Office, but no Will nevertheless DO great
leader and organizing power There Is growing up
behind him great body Of young men who have been
shaken from their fealty to tho Catholic Church by
the educational privileges they have secured in tho
public schools Tho Catholic clergy have always
argued desire for separate schools for their
pupils solely because they wished them 10 &C
The lad Who Il brought up I'm the American public
school may have the fear OF the Lord In his heart
when he finishes his education, but he has no fear
whatever Of tho parish priest None have apprect
ated this better than the Catholic clergy, and In the
strong following which DIR. McGlynn has been able
to summon together Is readily seen tho outcroppng
Of this situation"
One Of the quaint. odd characters OF the country
Is President Clarke OF the Illinois Central Railroad.
lie is a man nearly seventy years Of age tall and
slender, with square, slightly stopped shoulders,
smooth-shavcn face. iron jaw and the general
manner Of a accustomed to rule. was talk
Ing the other day TO Mr. Macdonald, Of Baltimore,
who is a heavy contractor, has had large contracts
with the baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and Is now
engaged on some OF tho extensions Of the Illinois
Central. When Mr.. Clarke's namo mentioned
Mr.. Macdonald said Ny acquaintance with President
Clarke Is very limited but happen to know OF an
early episode in HIS life which shows how far man
Ohio was first constructed the ties made OF stone
In order fastcn the rails holes were drilled into the
the nails to hold the rails were driven into the wooden
pegs. President Clarke had one of tho contracts
for taking out these stone ties on section vi The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and replacing them with
wooden ties lie was track hand prior to accept
ing this Job To-day he is recognized one Of the
best railroad managers OF the country
Aqusluct Commissioner Rdgcway has been spend
liz a few days at Bcllport, Long Island, where his
plump face got well burned In boating. Chatting
about his experiences at Bellport, he said: 81 pre-
sumo you have noticed the reports about the balloon
that Edison sends up nightly from Menlo Park to tho
height of five thousand feet attached to wire
over which ho sends current OF electricity, anu
produces a brilliant star I'm the heavens. Although
pellport IS eighty miles rom Mcnlo Park, Edson's
balloon light could be plainly seen at night pointed
Il ont TO an old fisherman evening and asked him
what star II was. He replied very promptly that 1t
was the North Star When l disputed him he said
he knew better because he had been steering his boat
by IL for weeks. offered TO bet him four bottles
OF beer that he mistaken and told him II he would
wal ch tho star until 10 O'Clock he would SEQ t dis
appear. ! remembered having seen that Edison
oH fellow accepted my bet and planted himself on
tho porch Of the village hotel to watch me star suLo
said who would have thought II l have been
steeriu' my boat by that Gro star for months The
old fellow was excited over II that j paid tho bet
with good grace. although l had won It,"
Mrs Garfield has gone TO Mentor, Ohio, with her
family for the summer. Her house at cleveiahu'
although fully furnished has boon closed. She has
made extensive additions to tho Mentor place. until
4, f. one OF the finest country residences the Lake
shore Among her nelghbors and her acquantanceo
In Northern Ohio Mrs Garfield Is regarded as re-
marabc woman and has the deepest respect and love
of those who know her ExCongessman Amos
OF Cleveland, told me the other day that
General Garfield had regarded his wife as his most
severe and relentless critic In literary matters. She
had been tho Generals pupil at Hiram College and
kent pace with all his literary work lie was crratlc
nj times but her mind always steady and oven
and no submitted all his oratlons and speeches to her
critical analysis and judgment, and frequently maho
corrections and amendments suggested by her In
the caro- Of her family Mrs Garfield finds her great
EST happiness, though her family llfo was always
happy | am told that In the summer vacations
that tho family formerly spent at Mentor, when the
~ hnr chiIJren I'm languages General Garfield once
said 10 friend who was visiting him at mentor, ana
sons to Mrs Garfield, It Is one Of tho queer things
as SEQ them, that should have taught Mrs. Garnea
I,reek and Latin at Hiram and should now SEQ hor
giving instruction In these languages to our Children
Tho architect who designed Aldrch Court on lower
broadway. is W. A. Cable. He Is young man, OF
oerbaps twenty eight with a bright face, athletic
frame and a small black mustache. He Is member
NJ the 7th Regiment Talking with him the Other
law about tho AIdrich Court building, the front of
which Is MOTEL for the fact that tho stones have
rounded corners he said Tho design OF the front
& not at all satisfactory me- and SEQ many places
where IL could DO improved, but presume that Is
rue of all architectural work The great thing sought
- Tho Construction OF tho building to secure
icht for every room in 1t. That was the first ard
rrsatest consideration. There Is less credit due Tor
,avina Insle a handsome structure than for having |
made one I'm which the light Is complete and perfect
Ex.Assistant Secretary Charles Z. Coon, who has
been abroad recently, told mo yesterday that whho
n London his attention had been attracted 70 tho
Amecan aaps on sale on sale there account OF tho
,venness with which the stars were distributed In tho
,lue background at the corner OF tho ensign. In
,crutinIzng them closely he found that there were
,nIy twenty stars In four rows OF five each Tho
makers OF American flags in England evidently have
Qo idea at all of the constellation of States which Is
oppressed By the stars.
In the days Of tho so-callcd carpetbas regime In
no South Northern in Southern States stood oy
zach other literally like brothers. An Incident which
shows the stuff of which some of these abused carpet
pagers were mado was told the other day IN refer
nee 20 General Charles f. Furong who has Just ro-
urncd To New-Yorh, which no counts as his home,
rom a fifth tour around the world. The General
ga. n, ono time sheriff of Warren County Mississippi